Cross-Browser DHTML

A consequence of the tense push-pull between common standards and proprietary advantage is that Web developers today are faced with two co-dominant, partially incompatible development environments; operating systems of a sort: Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator. In order to reach users of either browser you, the developer, must succeed at compatibility where the standards have failed. In this article we will look at several techniques, some general, some specific, for constructing Dynamic HTML code which bridges the gap between browsers. All the while we'll be holding out hope, if not our breath, that these methods quickly prove obsolete on the heels of promised new standards.

Contents:

• A DOM for all Seasons
• A Spork in the Road
• Simple Hybrid
• Meta DHTML Part I: Syntax Patching
• Meta DHTML Part II: Function Libraries
• Square One
• The More Things Change...
• Additional Resources